Carousel



(No Model.)

T. D. HOLGOMB.

CAROUSEL.'

No. 592,870. Patented Nov. 2, 1897.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fincao THOMAS'D. HOLOOMB, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

vCAROUSEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,870, dated November2, 1897'.

Application tiled J'uly 17, 1897. Serial No. 644,877. (No model.) i

To 1f/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. HoLooMB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in thewcounty of 'Kings and State of New York,have invented an Improvement in Carousels, of which the following is aspecication.

Amusement has been afforded to children and others by a rotary devicehaving saddles or seats upon imitation animals or other devices that arecarried around upon a vertical pivot, and in some instances boats havebeen similarly arranged and carried through the water. Y

In the present improvement the seats are supported upon a circular floatconnected with a cent-ral pivot and placed in a suitable tank or pond,and paddle-Wheels or propellers are provided with connections totreadles, by which the riders are enabled to actuate such Wheels orpropellers in the water and give motion to the annular float, and Iprovide for stopping the movement of the annular float by holding thepaddle-Wheels, and also by the immersion into thewater of brake bucketsor boards connected with the arms that eX- tend to the pivot.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a partial plan view. Fig. 2 is anelevation, partially in section, of a portion of the ring. Fig. 3 is acrosssection showing the paddle wheel and shaft andthe connections fordriving the same; and Fig. 4 is an elevation, partially in section,

showing one of the brake-boards and its supil ports.

The annular float A may be of either Wood or metal, having a bottom 2,sides 3, and top platform 4, and the arms B extend from the annularfloat to the pivot O, which pivot is received by any suitable step atthe bottom of the pond or basin.

Around upon the annular iioat any desired number of seats or saddles maybe provided, according to the size of the float. I have representedsaddles at D, but such saddles or seats are to be of any desired sizeand shape, and the pedals E are adapted to beingacted upon by the feetof the persons seated upon the saddles, and these pedals E are connectedwith the shafts F of the paddle-wheels or propellers G, the shafts'Fbeing within the vhollow annular platform and projecting above thewater-line at either the inside or the outside or both and receiving thepaddle-wheel G, which may be within or outside of the annular oat orboth, andY the connections between the pedals E and the shafts ,FH mayvary, so as to have the appearance of the pedals and crank-shafts of abicycle or tricycle. i At H a sprocketwvheel is represented upon thecrank-shaft I, carrying the pedals E and a chain K to a sprocket-wheel Lupon the shaft F of the paddle-wheel G, and at 6 con@ necting rods arerepresented from crankshafts I to the crank 7 upon the paddle-wheelshaft F. In this manner the power from the foot is communicated to thepaddle-wheels for propelling the annular ioat around in the water, andthe speed ofthe same can be quite rapid and with the exertion of butlittle power, as the friction in the water alone has to be overcome.

Y In order to stop the movement, the paddlewheels may be held`by thepedals, or such paddle-wheels may be turned backward by the riders; `butas children very. frequently occupy the seats upon the carousels it isadvantageous for the attendant to apply the power necessary to stop therotation, and withthis object in view abrake-shaft M and hand-wheel areprovided with chain or other connections 8 from the brake-shaft to thebrakes N, which are adjacent to wheels 9 upon the paddle-wheel shaftsF,- there being springs" l0 to throw off the brakes. By this arrangementone brake-shaft and wheel can be employed to hold a number ofpaddlewheels stationary in order that their resistance may check themovement of the annular float, and upon the arms B the brake-boards Oare supported, preferably by bent levers l1, pivoted upon the arms, sothat the attendant by a cord or wire can raise up or depress thebrake-boards, and these, standing radially or nearly so, offeraresistance against the water, which speedily stops the momentum of theannular fioat, and as a matter of amusement to the riders I provide atthe ends of the brake-boards volute tubes 12, with their open endsforward and with their contracted jetoriiices upward, whereby the Waterwill be caused to spout up through the volute tubes IOO by the action ofthe brake-boards in checking the momentum.

It is to be understood that the platform 4 of the annular iioat may besufficiently near the rim of the tank or pond containing the water thatfloats the annular float for a person to step on or o such platform 4,or there may be a pier or platform running out from the shore to enableparties to pass onto the platform 4 or off the same.

I claim as my'inventionl. In a carousel, a hollow annular iioat, y

arms and a central pivot, in combination with propelling-wheels andtheir shafts upon the iioat, seats and pedals to be acted upon by thefeet and connections from the pedals to the shafts of the propellers,substantially as set forth. y

2. An annular float having a bottom, sides and a platform, incombination with propelling-wheels and their shafts supported on suoliannular float, seats, pedals to be acted upon by the feet, crank-shaftscarrying the pedals and connections from such crankshafts to the shaftsof the propelling-Wheels, substantially as set forth.

3. An annular iioat having abottom, sides and a platform, in combinationwith propelling-wheels and their shafts supported on shafts of thepropelling-wheels, substantially as set forth.

4. The hollow annular float, arms and a central pivot, in combinationwith wheels for propelling the fioat, seats and pedals acted upon by thepersons occupying the seats, connections between the pedals and theshafts of the propelling-wheels, and brakes for the' shafts of thepropelling-wheels, and mechan ism for actuating such brakes,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with the annular float, arms and a central pivot, ofmechanism for propelling the float, brake-boards and means for raisingand lowering the same to cause such brake-boards to act upon the waterin stopping the movement of the annular float,

' substantially as set forth.

G. The combination with the annular float,

l, arms and a Central pivot, of mechanism for propelling the iioat,brake-boards and means for raising and lowering the same to cause suchbrake-boards to act upon the Water in stopping the movement of theannular float, and volute tubes upon the brake-boards for projectingjets of water during thc movement of the float,l substantially as setforth.

Signed by me this 15th day of July, 1897.

THOS. D. IIOLCOM B.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, S. T. IIAVILAND.

